When Brian went by me, I thought he was some guy that jumped on the course.

It went through my mind at that point that this is like the Tour de France, where the crowd opens up as you go by. It was really cool.

For those of us who are in it and make our profession, we’re probably not as surprised as other people. We’ve seen this coming for a while. We’ve seen this building. I think it is...

I thought he was some guy who jumped onto the course.

For Athens and Boston, I had really prepared for tough conditions, whereas here you can just prepare to run the marathon at your pace,

When Brian went by me, I thought it was some guy who ran onto the course.

But for those of us in it, we’re not as surprised as some other people are. We’ve seen it building.

Every time we tried to get going there was some factor — weather, wind or turns. I think we all suffered somewhat from conditions.

The crowd’s definitely going to bring more excitement for those that have the USA uniform on.

It’s a delicate balance. Because you don’t want the race to go without you.

I feel like the bad conditions and the tough course is to my advantage, just because a lot of people are going to be disheartened when it starts going poorly,

Well, I think for those of us that are in it, as we make our profession this way, we’re not probably as surprised as some other people are, honestly.

Yeah, it changes the dynamics of the race because he is such a big-time marathoner. And I definitely think it opens up a spot because someone of his caliber, even if he were coming in...

Most countries around the world, they just don’t think that way. They think, ‘I’m just going to get in the race and I’m just there to race.’

I think for those of us that are in [long-distance running] … we’re not probably as surprised as some other people are, honestly. We’ve seen it coming for a while, and we’ve seen it building....

There was a moment there when we were getting concerned,

I felt good; I was trying to be mindful of what was coming. There’s always that balance. You have to race but pay attention that there’s another 15 miles or so.

Our sport needs spectator friendly and all the help it can get on that side. That adds to the allure of the race. And just from the mental side it helps you stay focused better...

Those of us in the sport who make our profession at it have seen this coming. We’re not as surprised as some other people are. We’ve seen it building. This has been a work in...

The Olympic Games tends to be a little more of a coming together of all the nations, so it’s different. I really can’t imagine a bad reaction. If it was going to be bad [in...

For those of us in it, we’re probably not as surprised as some other people are. We’ve seen this coming for a while. This has been a work in progress for the last 5 to...

Look, we have that problem solved, because there are only three of them in the Olympics. We got 187 of them out of the way for you.

You don’t want the race to go without you, but you know you have 22 miles to go. It’s a balance.

In Athens, I was running in long sleeves and pants in the summertime to acclimate as much as I could. … In Boston, there’s never any area on the course … where you can settle...

I thought I was clear.